What's your personal 2016 Costume Design winner?

Mine is the terrific work of the wonderful Mary Zophres in "LA LA LAND". For me great costume design is not just about the most intricate and complicated pieces of clothing, but also about the overall artistic vision the designer has and the contribution that vision brings to the film. And it's also about how the costumes reflect the nature of the characters wearing them. "La La Land" is a fantastic example of all those things for me. The movie is set in modern day LA, but the visual approach is meant to present it in a dream-like fairy tale kind of way, while also paying tribute to the great musicals of the past without flat-out copying them. Adopting the costume traditions of both the MGM and the Jacques Demy musicals, Zophres dives into strong primary colors which make scenes with crowds of people look like firework explosions. That creates a fantastic feeling of a fairy tale Technicolor world in modern times and beautifully pays homage to those older examples of the genre, while also effectively contributing to the overall stylistic nature of the film.

And the wardrobe also adds a certain layer of personality to our main characters as well. As Mia matures throughout the movie, the clothes reflect that process rather wonderfully. As for Seb, he is all about longing for the past in the modern world, and I think his costumes represent that longing in a great way too. They're more reserved, more classical. I particularly like the use of the color brown with him, which I personally do associate with something of the past (even his car reflects that!).

Anyway, this is why I love the costumes in the movie so much. I love other 2016 achievements as well, but this for me is the best. What about you?